Care services “ Remembering to provide for and support the most vulnerable in our community.” In 1996 our Care Services were practically non existent, and what little there was, was provided by private charities. Throughout the last 15 years the GSD Government has set out to develop more modern and well-resourced Care Services to ensure that the most vulnerable in our community also benefit from our economic success.
• Establishment of comprehensive Care Agency • Annual spending up 700% from less than £2m to nearly £15m • Care Workers increased from 110 to 510: 400 extra • Number of social workers up from 7 to 25 •M odern, co-ordinated and structured care services, especially child care • Counselling services
Claire Borrell House: a halfway house for women at Lopez’s Ramp
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